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Curriculum and Major/Minor Options

Curriculum Structure

Students pursuing major in BEng(EngSc) have to complete at least 240 credits of courses as follows:

Course Category

No. of credits

Compulsory courses

Common Core Curriculum Courses

36

Language Enhancement Courses (English and Chinese)

18

Any one major option of BEng(EngSc)

96

Total

150

Additional courses: at least 90 credits from the following categories:

Second Major

72 to 96

Minor

36 to 48

Free Electives

18 to 96

Examples of major/minor options for BEng(EngSc)

(Please refer to the syllabuses of respective faculties)

Major
(96 credits)

One of the following major options:

  • Healthcare Engineering (offered in 2021-22 intake and thereafter. Retitled from Biomedical Engineering)
  • Biomedical Engineering (last offered in 2020-21​ intake)
  • Computing & Data Analytics (last offered in 2018-19 intake)
  • Energy Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Systems Analytics 

Second Major
(72 to 96 credits)

Faculty of Engineering

  • Computer Science
  • One of the following major options except the one selected as first major:
    • Healthcare Engineering (offered in 2021-22 intake and thereafter. Retitled from Biomedical Engineering)
    • Biomedical Engineering (last offered in 2020-21​ intake)
    • Computing & Data Analytics (last offered in 2018-19 intake)
    • Energy Engineering
    • Environmental Engineering
    • Materials Engineering
    • Systems Analytics

Other options offered by:

  • Faculty of Arts
  • Faculty of Business and Economics
  • Faculty of Science
  • Faculty of Social Sciences

Minor
(36 to 48 credits)

Faculty of Engineering

  • Computer Science
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering and Technology Management
  • Logistics Engineering and Supply Chain Management
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering (Building Services Engineering)

Faculty of Arts

  • Music / Japanese Culture / French / Spanish

Faculty of Business and Economics

  • Accounting / Economics / Finance / Human Resource Management /
    Management Information Systems / Marketing

Faculty of Science

  • Mathematics / Risk Management / Statistics / Physics / Chemistry / Biology / Global Climate Change / Environmental Protection

Faculty of Social Sciences

  • Global Studies / Geography / Sociology

Examples of Study Plan

https://www.ugadmissions.engg.hku.hk/beng-in-engineering-science

Full List of Available Major and Minor at HKU

https://aao.hku.hk/sy3/plan-of-study/major-and-minor/